Warhammer 40 A New Hope

88. Battle of Imola (Part )

Even though DOM has entered the city of Imola, the pressure outside the city is still great.

Although the local authorities did transfer a large number of demons to deal with the situation due to DOM, the enemies in front of the positions outside the city were still endless.

At this moment, Commander Valen and national team coach Beryl Sami, who were at the front, encountered an entire team of [Predators].

"Traitors!" As a former commander of the Argentinians, Valen roared with his eyes wide open at the [Predators] standing in front of them. These former Argentinian warriors were even the elite [Night Guards] among them. "You have betrayed your race! Your honor!"

"That kind of thing is not worth mentioning!" The leading plunderer responded. "In front of the powerful hell, sooner or later everything will be destroyed! We are just going along with it!"

"As for betrayal, who are you to say that to us, Commander?!"

"Who let the demons in, causing the remaining soldiers and civilians to be killed?"

"..." Faced with the enemy's act of exposing his scars, Valen was unable to respond for a moment.

After all, it was he who caused countless comrades to die in order to save his son, and the [Ring of Nur] they were guarding also fell.

He should have known this. Those demons would not and did not keep their promise. His son did not come back, but his heart was dug out to control the [Elephant of Sin].

"Why don't you tell me what Hell did before that?"

Just when Commander Valen's morale was a little depressed, Beryl Sammy suddenly stepped forward and shouted at the [Predators].

"You kill all races that are unwilling to submit to you, drag their world into hell, let them fall into endless torture, and destroy everything they have!"

"We will never surrender to you and your evil gods!"

"You will be destroyed! You will be trapped in this hell forever! You will never be able to escape!"

Then, Bishop Beryl Sammy looked at Valen and said to him.

"That was not your fault. You have spent your life atonement for your mistakes. Your son was also freed and rested in peace with the help of that legend."

"Now, it's time to put an end to all this!"

"...You're right." Commander Valen looked at his former comrades, now enemies, in front of him.

"Let's end this!"

. . . . . .

Boom!

The only remaining Imperial frigate in the air was also shot down. A large amount of metal fragments fell from the sky, some of which hit the battlefield outside the city, and the other part fell into the city of [Imola].

However, its sacrifice was not in vain. Before being shot down, it relied on its powerful firepower to shoot down several Hell's air vehicles and fixed weapons on the city walls, withstanding a large amount of attacks and pressure for the attacking side.

Even after it fell, its fallen debris suppressed the demons' attacks to a certain extent.

"It's really all destroyed..." Zhang Yi muttered as he watched the frigate disintegrate and fall from the sky. "Even though I had expected this to happen, but..."

"I still feel so sad..."

The continuous high-intensity bombardment caused the barrels of the basilisk artillery at the rear of the battlefield to show signs of overheating, and the bombardment had to be suspended for maintenance and to appease the machine spirits.

Fortunately, part of the intelligent control legion brought by Great Sage Kohl also carried long-range heavy firepower, which made up for some of the fire support during the cooling and repair period of the artillery.

At the same time, not far from this artillery position, a large number of enemy corpses had piled up in front of the position defended by the Krieg Death Corps led by three [Imperial Fists] and one [Ultramarines].

Ax, a member of the Ultramarines Chapter wearing Indomitable Terminator Armor, the only Space Marine to emerge from the Hyperdimensional Labyrinth, was crushing the head of a corrupted Astra Militarum soldier, and then had other soldiers incinerate the slightly mutated corpse.

On the other side, Duke, the captain, and Harald, who had installed a mechanical eye, dragged another Space Marine from the same regiment back to the rear of the position.

This unfortunate Space Marine had finally recovered from the injuries he had sustained in the previous battle to annihilate demons, and now he was severely damaged again because of the simultaneous attack by several [Predators].

But fortunately, I'm still alive

"It's just endless." Captain Duke said as he unloaded the empty magazine of his bolter. "It reminds me of the battle with the greenskins, too."

"But they are not as diverse and organized as these demons," Harald said. "In some ways, they are more troublesome than the Orks."

Just then, a messenger came to their side and saluted them with the Sky Eagle Salute.

"Lord Duke, Bishop Belial at the frontline has requested support from the Space Marines," the messenger said. "They said they suffered heavy casualties and need all support, including artillery support."

"He said they encountered the [Doom Hunter]!"

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[Doom Hunter], a creature used specifically to hunt DOM. After being killed to extinction by DOM, it was dug up and transformed and sent into the battlefield again. Perhaps for DOM, it is just a bigger toy, but for Valen, Belial and others, it is a strong enemy.

Biubiubiu!

A large number of laser beams hit the raging giant figure, but to little effect.

The useless Argent warriors rushed towards the huge demon with their weapons, but were all repelled by the latter.

Originally, they were able to fight against the group of [Predator] traitors on equal terms, but when this [Doom Hunter] joined the battlefield, the situation took a turn for the worse.

The [Doom Hunter], which has powerful firepower and defensive capabilities, can not only suppress Belial and others with firepower, but also attract and resist a large amount of firepower, bringing them tremendous pressure.

Now, a large number of Argent warriors, including Commander Valen, are trying their best to contain the [Doom Hunter], and the burden of dealing with the remaining plunderers falls on the shoulders of Belial and others.

Whoosh—boom!

A rocket exploded in the enemy group, and then two heavy machine guns began firing at the target location.

A red energy shield appeared in the smoke and withstood the fierce firepower, rushing straight towards the machine gun position that was firing at him.

shhhhhhhh!

Boom boom boom!

A Valkyrie armed transport aircraft that came to support fired all the remaining ammunition in the magazine at the Predator that was charging, and the enemy was instantly engulfed in the flames and smoke of the explosion.

But the next second, the enemy's voice broke through the thick smoke and dust, and he grabbed his red energy axe with both hands and chopped towards the cockpit of the transport plane.

Click!

The double-headed axe filled with [Asian Gold Energy] directly chopped the entire cockpit into pieces, and the fighter plane fell down in a spin.

Boom!

The [Predator] that attacked the fighter plane landed steadily on the ground, and the fighter plane crashed behind it.

Squeak--whoosh!

An intelligent mecha equipped with a heavy plasma cannon fired several plasma cannon shots at the [Predator], and the attacked [Predator] immediately deployed its shield to block.

Boom!

Click!

Two powerful plasma shells directly hit the shield and overloaded it, and subsequent plasma shells engulfed it.

Whoosh—click!

But before he was hit by the barrage of attacks, he threw his axe and hit the precious cybernetic robot right on target.

At this moment, more [Predators] led a large number of other demons and rushed towards the remaining warriors.

Duang!

Beryl Sammy, holding a priest hammer with a decomposition function, was leading the battle sisters to fight against the [Predators]. The continuous collision of weapons caused blood to ooze out of his knuckles.

After all, he is only a mortal.

boom!

The enemy he was fighting obviously understood this as well. He exerted force to deflect the weapon in Belial's hand, then grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up.

"What gives you the courage to challenge us? Mortals!" the [Predator] said, and tore off the imperial decoration on the bishop's neck. "Your world? Your country? Your emperor?!"

"You know nothing about the true power of a true god!"

"Only he (the Dark Lord) is the only true God of Time!" The Plunderer said, pinching the bishop's neck. "Tell me, where was your Emperor! Where was your God when you were in danger?!"

"Ugh..." Belial, whose neck was strangled by the hands like iron clamps, tried his best to resist, but the [Predator] in front of him was too powerful for him.

Just when he was about to lose consciousness, a familiar power entered his body.

【Don't give up】

bite--!

The sudden white light emanating from Beili's body made the [Predator] loosen his grip and took several steps back uncontrollably.

Then Belial grasped the hammer with both hands and swung it at the enemy.

Seeing this, [Predator] deployed his shield once again, attempting to block the attack as before.

However, the [Argentum Energy] shield that was capable of withstanding some heavy firepower was shattered the moment it came into contact with the priest's hammer, and then smashed heavily into his chest.

boom!

The shield was shattered, and the armor on his body was also broken. The [Predator] was sent flying far away by this blow and fell heavily to the ground.

In response, Bishop Beryl Sammy raised his weapon and shouted.

"For·the·Emperor!"

89. Battle of Imola (IV)

【Imola】In the city

Tear it apart!

boom!

The [Dread Knight], who had a pair of Argentinian energy blades, chopped off the shield of Lucius, who was the vanguard, with one blade, and then the other blade broke through his armor and pierced his shoulder.

Despite being hurt so much, Lucius did not panic. Instead, he threw away the broken shield and grabbed the enemy's hand tightly.

Then, DOM GUY on the side rushed towards the [Fear Knight], knocked the enemy on the head with the butt of the gun, and then stuffed the double-barreled shotgun into the opponent's mouth.

boom!

The partially mechanized demon's skull was lifted up, revealing the huge body of the [Fear Knight].

In response to this, DOM GUY just silently fired the double-barreled shotgun in his hand and smashed the demon's head on the ground to pieces.

Grey Knights pharmacist Arak is treating the stabbed Lucis. The healing drugs from the XCOM world have greatly reduced the death of many soldiers, including the Astra Militarum.

Thanks to the medicine and his own powerful self-healing ability, Lucius's wounds healed quickly and the bleeding stopped, but he still needed some time to rest in order to be able to move freely.

At this moment, the Grey Knights who had followed DOM into the city of Imola had already arrived outside the arena where DOM GUY and the Dark Lord were fighting, but the demons guarding outside obviously did not want to let them in.

"Go in, DOM GUY." Kyle, the captain of the Grey Knights, stood in front of the team and said, "Go and accomplish what you have always wanted to do."

Then the other Grey Knights stood beside the captain, and even the injured Lucius stood up.

"Let's stop these demons."

"..." Seeing this scene, DOM GUY was silent for a while, then turned and walked towards the arena.

In this regard, Kyle looked at the demons in front of him, they couldn't beat DOM GUY, but these 'weak' humans wearing heavy armor were different - if we can't beat DOM, can we beat you? !

"Come on! Demons!" Captain Kyle shouted to the demons. "You need to be the ones to fear, and we will be among them!"

. . . . . .

【Imola】Outside the city

Commander Valen, holding another weapon filled with the power of [Elemental Ghost], struck hard, smashing the floating base of the [Doom Hunter] in front of him to the ground, and then struck it in the chest again.

The [Doom Hunter] decisively abandoned the stopped floating base, disconnected from it, and dodged Valen's subsequent attack.

Bang bang bang!

Before he could adjust his body, a series of explosive bullets hit the shield on its body.

Reinforcements arrived, led by two Imperial Fists Space Marines.

The energy shield, which was already in danger due to the long battle, was instantly overloaded and collapsed, followed by a large number of bombs and laser beams hitting it.

Even without its shield, the [Doom Hunter]'s physical strength was very high, and the salvos from several surviving Battle Sisters and dozens of Astra Militarum soldiers were unable to kill it in the first place.

[Doom Hunter] aimed the heavy artillery in his hand at the soldiers not far away and began to gather energy.

Whoosh—bang!

Suddenly, a war hammer spun and hit the head of the [Doom Hunter], abruptly interrupting his energy gathering. Commander Valen took this opportunity to rush to it and knocked it to the ground with a hammer.